Monday September 11, 2023

Luke 6:6-11

On the sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. The scribes and the Pharisees were watching him to see if he would cure a man on the sabbath…

On this day I want to prayerfully remember the families who lost a loved one on September 11 and the many who to this day are suffering because of the terrorist attacks in 2001. Everything changed that day.

As I hear Jesus say to the man in todays scripture … “stretch out your hand.” I hear God saying to me and you to dare trust him again. This man may be afraid to stretch out his hand, he may not know how to, he may be hearing voices that he cannot stretch out his weathered hand. Are you being asked to do something new? Are you afraid to go into places you have never gone. I also hear Jesus ask those around the man to help him, teach him how to stretch and restore life to his arm.

Can you learn to trust again, can you walk into your church again and find people who hold you by the hand.